Stratigraphy, geochemistry and tectonic significance of the Oligocene magmatic rocks of western Oaxaca, southern Mexico

Tectonophysics

Volumn 318, Issue 1-4, 2000, Pages 71-98

  Martiny, Barbara ^a   Martínez Serrano, Raymundo G ^a   Morán Zenteno, Dante J ^a   MacÍas Romo, Consuelo ^a   Ayuso, Robert A ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arc magmatism; Geochemistry; Nd Sr Pb isotope ratios; Oaxaca, Mexico; Tertiary; Transtension

Indexed keywords

MAGMATISM; OLIGOCENE; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS;

MEXICO;

EID: 0343293854     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(99)00307-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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